Der war's

Let's not judge too quickly! A crime has happened in class 5a: Marie, the most popular girl in the class, has had her lunch stolen. It quickly seems clear that only one person could be the culprit: Konrad. He is new in the class and has not yet made any friends. Instead of going to the playground, he spends his breaks in the classroom. Who else could it have been? Konrad, however, is not aware of any guilt. And when the children get the idea of negotiating guilt and innocence in a court case, it turns out that everything is completely different than they thought...Children have a strong sense of justice and responsibility. In many children's books, the violation of common rules plays a role - children investigate thieves and robbers are stopped. Who is to blame, there is no doubt about that. In Der war's, as in real life, things are different: the more the children let go of their prejudices and the closer they look, the more the previously so clear suspicions crumble.Der war's is a playful approach to teaching children the importance of the presumption of innocence and procedural fairness.A great children's novel by lawyer Elisa Hoven and lawyer and bestselling author Juli Zeh, with atmospheric black and white pictures by Lena Hesse.